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By IN staff and readers

The Rant Issue came scream-ing out for the first time in 2004 when the frustration of trying to drag this area into the 21st Cen-tury reached such a pitch that I could hear my brain cells explod-ing. The rants burst onto the pages faster than a Gatling gun, enough to fill a cover story.

As with much of what I write, people laughed, cried and got angry. A few years later we rebooted the Rant concept, but let the INweekly staff vent. The issue was a huge suc-cess and has become a staple of our editorial calendar.

This year we’ve opened up the ranting to readers and Facebook

friends. We asked them to submit what is upsetting them. Like us, they love this community dearly, but every once in awhile they, too, must per-form an emergency crisis interven-tion here and show some tough love.

Who knows? These rants, if taken seriously, may be steps toward a full recovery and rejuvenation.

-Publisher Rick Outzen

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Anyone in a leadership position who blames everyone else for problems.

Man up!

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Posting funny e-cards & memes on your Facebook doesn't make you funny.

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